Book Quote by Bernie Finkelstein

The only time that I've adopted characterization again since that point, for my own albums, has been an album called "Outside" that I did…

— David Bowie

I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint.

— William Beckett

I don't see any of my records as any more or less conceptual than the others, and I don't really plan some overall idea…

— Aesop Rock

The songs are all indexes of a time in the past when I was writing them.

— How to Dress Well

My favorite records are, like, The Pretty Things' 'Parachute' and 'S.F. Sorrow' and The Mothers of Invention's 'We're Only in It for the Money'…

— Ty Segall

Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.

— Martin Gore

There are certain records from the 80s and early 90s that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them…

— Beck

I've done quite a few records now, and I look back and think of them as documents of my musical journey.

— Kieran Hebden

I think every artist's next work will reflect a new chapter in their autobiography. Each album tells a story about where they were at…

— G-Eazy

Some records are timeless, and some absolutely sound of their day.

— Paul Westerberg

I've always done a lot of research and stuff around the songs that I write so there are pages and pages of writing and…

— Nick Cave

I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them.

— Justin Hayward